Mop holder



J. A, MEINHARDT.

MOP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 1921.

Patented Apr. 25, 192'2.

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JACOB A. MEINHARDT, or oHI'oAo Lnr oIs, v

caries.

. MOP HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it knownthat I, JAG-OB A. MEINHARDYL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Chicago, county of Cooln'and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Mop Holder, of

v which the following is a specification.

The present inventionhas relation to a clamp type for cloths of suchmops, and

. it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novelcombination and arrangement of the various .parts'thereof, as will behereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed,

One of the objects of the invention is to 1 provide a mop-holder of aclamptype, the

clamping members ofwhich can be easily detached from one another for thedisposition there-between of a mop, and then readily connected .togetherin such a way as to securely hold the mop in position ready for use inmopping or wiping a floor or other surface to becleaned withoutliability of the mop becoming bunched by sliding lengthwise of theclamping members.

Another object is to provide a mop holder of such construction andarrangement or" its parts as tov enable it to be economicallymanufactured, and if desired, by stamping out various of its parts. 7

Other objects and advantages. of the invention will become obvioustromthe subjoined description and explanation.

. In the accompanying drawing, which serves to illustrate an embodimentof the.

invention' b Fig. 1 IS a sectional view taken on line 1-e1 01. 'Fig. 2longitudinally through. the

clamping members of the device.

Fig. 2 is a plan v ew partlyin section. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional viewtaken on line 33 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged] central sectional view of one of the fastenersorlocks used 4 for detachably securing the clamping members together. I

Corresponding numerals of referencere- I ier to like parts throughoutthedi'fi'erent views of the drawing.

The reference numeral 7 designates the base clamping member of theholder, which member is made of an elongated piece of metal or othersuitable material and has at each of its ends an upturned extension 8 tothe outer surface of each of which is seopening 1 cured a cushion 9 ofrubber or other suita-v ble cushioningmaterial As shown in Figs.

2 and3 of the drawing, these cushions 9 are v0t suflicient size toextend some distance below 'thelower surface of the member 7 and alsooutwardly of each of its side edges.- By this arrangement the cushions9will not only' serve to hold the base member 7 at a slight distancefrom the floor when the device is being used, but will also preventmarring the walls, of a room or the furniture therein.

Near each of its ends the base member 7 is provided with a vertical"opening 10 in each of which is located a shank 11 of an automatic lockor fastening device for the upper clampingmember, which [is designatedas a whole by the numeral 12 and is substantially of a correspondingshape to that of the base member 7 except that the member 12 is withouttheupturned extensions 8 or"; the base member.

The member 12 is by preference made of thinner material than that of themember 7, and for .the purpose of strengthening the same is providedalong each of its edges with an upwardly extended'rib 13 which areco-extensive with the member 12 and each has integral therewith midwaybetween its ends an upwardly extended member 14; each of which is,semi-circular in cross-section so that when their adjacent edges arejoined,

opening 17 which is intersected by the straight edge of said member, andis for-the "reception of a tongue 18 formed integral with the othermember 14 at a proper point on its straight edge to coincide or fit inthe 7 of the first named member. The opposite edges ofthe members 14:are similarly equipped with a tongue 18 and re.- ceiving opening 17therefor, The upper clamping member 12 i is provided" with a number ofdependin spurs or projections 19 which are by preference punched out ofthe material of which the member 12 is made and have their lower endspointed to engage the mop clot-h which is interposed between the basemember 7 and the-upper clamping member as will -be readily-understood byreference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing.

'F-rom the foregoing and by reference to and clearly seen that the upperclamping Y member 12, with its socket forming members 5 in order tosecurely hold the clamping 14: and its depending spurs or projections 19members? and 12 in proper relation to one can be readily stamped out ofa-single piece another after the mop 20 has been placed in of materialand positioned to provide a position there-betWeenjI preferablyemploy-soc'ket -itor a handle and to furnish projecat. each end of the devicea fastener or look tions for engagement with the mop at a 10 whichconsists of a base p'late'21'irom which minimum of expense.

is extended a screw-threaded shank llior "Having thus'i ully describedmy invenengagement with one of the opening-s10 in tion,--what I claimasnew and desire-to sethebase member of the holder. Located-on curebyLetters Patent istop of it-hebase plate:21 oithe fastener-bis a '1."In .a device of the class described, the 15 spacingpiate 22 which has aradialsl'ot v23 combination'with an elongatedbase-clamp- "for thereception 01" an outwardly deflected ing member, of an upright mountedthereon arm 24 on the locking bolt 25 ofthe fasnear each of its'endsandeach carrying a tener. This locking bolt, as well as thespacspring-actuated catch, an upper-Lelongated .ing plate 22, is locatedwithin a casing 26 clamping member adapted to co-act :w-iththe 20 whichhas a skirt 27 tucked or bent under first named member and havingopening the lower surface of the plate 21 so as to near its ends toreceive saidnprights andto hold the casing thereon. be engaged by saidcatches. The upper portion of the casing 26 is con- '2. In'a device ofthe class 'describech the tracted so as to provide saidcasing with ancombination with an elongated-base clamp- 25 outwardly extended annularflange 28 from ing member, of an upright mounted thereon which the saidskirt depends. Between the near each of its ends, a spring actuated.fiange28 and the spacing plate 22 is a spring catch carried by each ofsaid uprights,-an 29 which engages a beveled portion 30 on the upperelongated clamping member-having lower part oi? the locking bolt 25opposite means midway between its ends for securing 30 the'arm 2% onsaid bolt. The upper endof a handle thereto-and provided =near eachofthe casing 26 .is provided with an opening its ends with an opening toreceive said up- .31, in which is mounted for vertical moverights, andfor the passagehof'said catches.

rent a cap 32 which is provided with a ver- 3. In a device of the classdescribedgfthe tical slot v53 registering with avertical slotcombination with an elongated base clamp- 334 in the .upper portion ofthe casing '26. ing member, of an upright mounted thereon The slots-53andBe are "for the reception of near each of its ends, a spring actuateda lateral projection 35 on the locking bolt Latch carried by each ofsaid upright-man which PEOJGCUOH is normally held in ts upper elongatedclamping member having projected position by the spring .29, see Fig.means midway between its ends for securing 3% 40 4-, so'that saidprojection will engage the upa handle thereto and provided near eachotper surface of the clamping member 12, it its ends with an opening toreceive said up :5: being understood that the .casn1g26is eX- rights andforthezpassage of said-catches, v tended through a suitable opening inthe said upper clamping member having 'on'its in? member 12 near one ofits ends. lower surface aseries of spaced and depend- 45 in order torelease the. catch or projection 'ing projections. if 35 from the member12. so topermit of 4. In adevice of the class described, the v theremoval of the latter from the base memcombination with anelongated baseclampfif i her, it is only necessar T to exert pressure on ing memberhaving ,annpturned extension the cap 32. which will cause the lockingbolt at each of its ends, of an upright mounted i, 5 25 to rock inwardlyof the casing against on the upper surface of said member inthe tensionof the spring 29 and thereby rewardly of but near each of saidextensions, 2 2; move the catch or projection 35 from its e.\'- a springactuated. catch carried by the upper tend ed position portion ofea chsaid uprights,a handled hile I PEG-1'81 to use a fastener orlockelongated clamping member adapted ijOflle g 55 mg device or theabove described constru c in parallelism "w1th the'base "member be tion,on account of its automatic action in tween the upturned extensions ofthe latter lockingthe clamping members together, i3 and having anopening near eacho'f itsends it do not desire to be limited to suchconto receivesaiduprights. struction, as I mayemploy any other shit- 60able means in lieu thereof. JACOB A. MEIN-HARDT.

